A Beverly Hills father and son were sentenced Dec. 12 to federal prison for defrauding COVID-19 relief programs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Ramiro Da Rosa Mendes, 61, of Beverly Hills, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $2.2 million in restitution.
Mendes pleaded guilty in September to one count of wire fraud, admitting to fraudulently seeking more than $6.7 million in COVID-related small business loans for more than half a dozen fake companies, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
His son, Ammon Jose de Pina Mendes, 27, of Beverly Hills, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $222,225 in restitution—the amount he admitted to obtaining illegally through the COVID relief programs. He also pleaded guilty in September to one count of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office….